Labor Day 2015

Labor Day for the year 2015 is celebrated/ observed on Monday, September 7th.

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday of September annually. The day celebrates the American labor movement and the contributions and achievements of the American worker. In the United States Labor Day is the three day weekend ending the summer season, where Memorial Day weekend starts the summer season.

International Workers Day

Most of the world celebrates Labor Day as International Workers Day also called Workers Day or Labour Day on May 1st each year. The date for the global date was based on the Haymarket affair which occurred in Chicago on May 4, 1886 as a conflict between the police and workers where 8 people were killed [1]. For many countries in the Northern Hemisphere May Day is also on May 1 and for them the day celebrates the coming of spring and the Labor movement together in one day.

Days to Labor Day 2015

Monday, September 7th is day number 250 of the 2015 calendar year with -9 years, -10 months, -17 days until Labor Day 2015.

Further Reading:
More on Wikipedia Labor Day
Department of Labor – Labor Day information Labor Day -DOL

References:
1.”International Workers Day” - Wikipedia, Wikipedia.org.

Labor Day
Name(s):	Labor Day
Type:	Federal Holiday
When:	First Monday in September